Hello from the left coast!
Hello from the left coast!
My name is Chris Love. So far I've been behind the port of Lode Runner to the Commander X16, along with a couple other C-based utility libraries that will hopefully grow over time. Growing up I went from a Vic-20 to C-64 to Amiga 1000 which took me through undergrad and grad school. Back then I programmed in BASIC and a bit of assembly 8-bit; since then I've done mostly C/C++ professionally along with Python and some other languages at times (Java, Go). The Lode Runner port was kind of an experiment to explore the viability of C on an 8-bit platform; currently pondering what the next project might be.
I first discovered the 8-Bit Guy's Youtube channel back in December when some sort of upper respiratory plague was keeping me up at night; from binge-watching episodes then I found out about the Commander X16 project and it brought back memories from the C-64 days. Looking forward to how the project continues to evolve and looking forward to actual hardware!